It involves mass killing without humane feelings even if short and swift. Our recent experience with Kargil, which was not even not even a full-fledged war, reopened the sordidness of military action. Wars, when prolonged like the World Wars, result in human brutality, mass extermination of races and intolerable atrocities on innocent civilians. All rules are kept on the backburner and what matters is victory or defeat. The 21st Century has seen the development of weapons, controlled by computerized
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Iraq. In 2002, President George Bush declared that Saddam Hussein posed weapon of mass destruction. Even though the Intelligence could not confirm his assumptions and other nations not agreeing to invade Iraq the United States still declared war with Iraq. Once the war began the inspectors began to look for the weapon of mass destruction. After several months it was crystal clear the country had no weapons of mass destruction. By thinking critically and creatively the United States could have prevented
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America are porous which allows for weapons of mass destruction, trafficked humans, drugs, and other forms of contraband to slip through the border and into the country. The Trump administration has begun to address the physical border between America and Mexico, but millions of cargo containers enter the United States from other countries each year by means of aircraft or ship. More times than not, these containers are bearing legal items or goods, but drugs and weapons are still being slipped into the
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New Terrorism? Predicting the Future of Terrorism Introduction/ Purpose Terrorism is an often controversial subject. “One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist.” This is a well known quote that is often used to allude to the complexity of terrorism. Terrorism, the word itself is a word that has possessed over a hundred definitions and a concept that has changed as the societies of the world have progressed. The use of the terms terrorism and terrorist are politically weighted
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neighbours, and had killed tens of thousands of his own people. Another important reason was the strong belief that Iraq had weapon of mass destruction, according to CIA, and most Middle Eastern governments and European intelligence agencies agreed. This started with the belief that there were missing stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. The possible possession of these weapons was never clear, but was useful to get some more support as the other reasons would not generate enough public urgency for
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Domestic terrorism has been a part of United States (U.S.) history since its independence. Domestic terrorism can be defined in the U.S. as acts dangerous to human life or the infrastructure and committed by a U.S. citizen. New York City is no stranger to acts of terrorism whether it is domestic or international. New York City is considered the financial center of the world and is home to numerous critical infrastructures that can be vulnerable to acts of domestic terrorism. One of the major critical
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Man has turned to the Earth’s oceans, lakes, and rivers for different reasons for centuries. Over that time humans looked to the Earth’s waterways for sustenance, commerce, security, travel, and recreation. As civilizations developed, the oceans were used as a means for nations to establish territory, increase trade within its borders, and the oceans have helped develop a global economy by acting as the highways for international trade markets. (McNicholas, 2008) For as long as humans have been sailing
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every year for the past hundred years. There have been many different causes for war, all unnecessary. The Iraq War (2003-2011) was instigated over the assumption that Iraq possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, putting America and its Allies in danger. After the invasion and rigorous search for WMD’s, there were no weapons found. Also, many, many people were killed, approximately 120, 000. Does this seem reasonable to you? Casualties are not the only problem instigated by war – nation’s economies are
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INTRODUCTION The following research paper has been compiled to provide an insight into Chemical Weapons (CW). It deals with the description and the usage of various chemical reagents used by various countries and their negative effects. The following also shows the policies of countries towards chemical weapons, their stockpiles and their lethality and disposal. The following report also shows the history of chemical warfare, their demilitarisation, proliferation and the various councils set up
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Lies. Nothing but lies. My friends we were all lied too back in 2002 when George Brush and Tony Blair declared, falsely, that Iraq possessed “weapons of mass destruction” (WMDs) and that we had to prevent Saddam from unleashing his furry on the World or else we would all be doomed. So with no evidence to support these claims and against the United Nations orders, the United States and the Allied forces brought “freedom” and “democracy” to the people of Iraq. Now, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist
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